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ANNUAL REPORT

2019 Annual ReportINTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION COUNCIL FOR TORTURE VICTIMS

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2020 © International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)

All rights reserved ISBN (print): 978-87-93113-34-3

ISSN (online): 978-87-93113-35-0

The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an independent, international health-based human rights organisation, which promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims, promotes access to justice and works for the prevention of torture worldwide. The vision of the IRCT is a world without torture.

Vesterbrogade 149, building 4, 3rd floor, 1620 Copenhagen V, Denmark Phone: +45 44 40 18 30 Fax: +45 44 40 18 54 Email: [email protected]

For more information please visit www.irct.org

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Welcome Message by Lisa Henry and Jorge Aroche

2019 in numbers

How IRCT makes a difference

New IRCT Strategy 2018-2021

Number of survivors treated per region

Survivor story

Fundraising Statement

Increased Engagement with and Between Members

Scientific Symposium 2020

Documenting Our Impact

Looking forward

Advocating: rights and justice for torture survivors

Istanbul Protocol

Survivor Story

Second phase of the Global Anti-Torture Database

New mobile app for tracking and storing client data

Torture Journal

Financial Statement

Our Donors

How IRCT Is Governed

IRCT’s Democratic Structure

Our Members

How To Support The IRCT

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Table of contents

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2019 was a year of change and achievements, not only for IRCT but for the entire global an-ti-torture movement. As ever before, thou-sands of torture survivors globally are seeking our health, legal and rehabilitation services; be-ing the driving force behind our work and our inspiration. We continue the pledge to ensure that torture survivors drive our vision, shape our strategy and are represented in all walks of our work. The core values of IRCT only re-affirm this commitment: solidarity, equality and democracy—and by living by these values, these commitments are the core strength of our movement and is what makes our move-ment effective in fighting and eradicating tor-ture across the globe.

Nelson Mandela’s quote, ‘No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a coun-try if you act as a collective.’ can be translated directly to our global work to champion the Right To rehabilitation and Eradicate Torture. Therefore, our intense focus on cultivating and harnessing the power of our work and actions as a collective. Our collective actions to stand strongly behind the Right to Rehabilitation have shown results. From Asia, to Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, North Africa, the Pacific, Latin America, Europe and North America our mem-bers have taken action and continued to prove how holistic rehabilitation for torture survivors

not only works but is imperative for healing in torture survivors.

Armed with evidence- data collected through the IRCT Anti-torture Database- our members addressed national authorities in Uganda, for example, pressuring them to change legisla-tion. During IRCT Istanbul Protocol trainings, members learned to conduct forensic examina-tions—being a vital voice for torture survivors in their journey for justice. Through our con-nections with the UN, our members, such as ITEI Bolivia, lobbied with the UPR to make clear anti-torture recommendations; showcasing how change grows out of a bottom-up approach.

We are very proud of the thousands of health and social workers at our member centres, who often risk their lives and expose themselves to dangerous environments, to reach thousands of clients. We know how you all are dealing with hostile environments and we commend your bravery and dedication. Across the world, val-ues of tolerance and freedom are under threat. Proponents of torture are gaining the upper hand. They are taking to the helm of govern-ments, even in democracies like the Philippines and the United States of America. Hearing the stories from your centres and the stories from the torture survivors you treat allowed IRCT to amplify your experiences on our communi-

Welcome Message by Lisa Henry and Jorge Aroche

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cation platforms—an endeavour we have in-creased in 2019 and will continue to do in the coming years.

Lisa Henry was appointed as Secretary General in late September 2019, following in the foot-steps of Victor Madrigal-Borloz. Lisa Henry not only brings with her significant experience in leading non-profit organizational strategy and humanitarian/development response from her many years in the humanitarian sector. This helped Lisa to transition easily to continue the good work of the IRCT. She brings a strong vision and commitment to enhancing the credibility and strength of civil society organisations and harnessing the power of lived-experience and survivors involvement in the global anti-torture movement. In this short time, Lisa has already moved to put the IRCT vision of community into action by launching the new communi-ty of practice online platform  fabo.org  . There has been increased outreach to members, via phone calls, zoom and skype on their needs and expectations. The IRCT 2018-2021 strategy, including SDGs, has been relaunched to ensure collective action.

Our brave and loyal donors are integral to the IRCT. We deeply value your encouragement, your guidance, and your commitment to our common mission to eradicate torture and to

bring survivors of torture to the forefront of the global agenda. None of this would be possible without your generous support.

We extend our heartfelt thanks and apprecia-tion to all our staff, followers, members, volun-teers, partners, allies and above all—the torture survivors who entrust us with their cause.

Lisa HenryIRCT Secretary-General

Jorge ArocheIRCT President

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IRCT Member Centres Across The Globe

158 members in 75 countries came together in unity to share our objective to improve quality of life for survivors of torture worldwide.

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158 members worldwide19 members in Asia57 members in Europe

10 members in Latin America & the Caribbean

16 members in MENA

23 members in North America11 members in the Pacific22 members in Sub Saharan Africa

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2019 in Numbers

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IRCT is the world’s largest membership-based civil society organisation working in the field of torture rehabilitation with 158 member cen-tres based in 75 countries.

We are a global movement that responds to and represents the rehabilitation needs of tor-ture survivors, their families, and their commu-nities. Our members work in a wide range of contexts, including some of the most repres-sive and conflict driven regimes in the world. Our work is health-based and informed by the provision of rehabilitation services. It draws on four decades of worldwide accumulated experience and collective knowledge on the physical, psychological, and social effects tor-

ture has on survivors of torture and on how to support survivors’ lives after torture. It is from this unique perspective that we contribute to advancing the three pillars of the global fight against torture: prevention, accountability, and redress. Our work is greatly driven by the hundreds of volunteers and specialists doing exceptional pro-bono work. Their contribution does not only increase our capacity to con-duct in-depth research and analysis, they also contribute to evidencing the use of torture worldwide and how we as actors best can use this knowledge in advocating for the rights of survivors of torture. In addition, much of our funding comes from generous grants from our partners and donors.

How IRCT makes a difference

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New IRCT Strategy 2018-2021

The IRCT Strategy runs to 2021 and contains the 4 SDG’s that our work relates to:

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Number of Survivors of Torture that Received Treatment per Region

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Survivor story from CVT in Jordan

“Because of events in Syria, we were deported. We lost loved ones—I lost three brothers. It was complete destruction. When we got to Jordan, I felt very bad. I stayed in bed, angry, sad and crying. I was isolated from everyone. A friend told me about CVT—she knew that after my brothers died, I was very down, very low. She said “Why not give it a try? It’s a good place.”

So, I came to CVT and I saw the care. I saw the respect they gave. I saw how much they cared for me. I loved the women in my group. They treated me well, and I was able to meet new people.

It’s amazing to feel good.

CVT took the negativity out of my head. Psychosocial support and physiotherapy made me feel better on the inside. Now I feel worthy in society and that there are people who care about me and about my comfort. They listened to me like a second mother.

I was counting the hours and minutes until my next session started. I wanted the sessions to go on forever. Then I advised my two children to come. They were 10 and 12 years old and were afraid of appearing like beggars coming here. But I said it’s not financial support—I told them they’ll feel better.

They felt happy since the first time they came to CVT. They felt safe here. We were all sad, in pain. Before coming to CVT, they were isolated and had a lot of negativity. They didn’t want to make friends. But they came here and saw people who cared. Psychosocial care and physiotherapy for my children was very effective. They became comfortable. They were able to speak and empty their hearts. Since CVT they have confidence.

The counselors told my children: You are a human being, you have to live. You have a future.

At CVT I saw there are people who care about me more than I was used to. More than my mother, husband, children. Today I am more confident. I feel I’m not alone, and my problems are not as bad as others’. I was introduced to a huge community—all because of CVT— I only met them here.

I have all respect for CVT—they know how to hand-pick employees. And I want to say thank you to the donors of CVT. For refugees, support is not only financial—the psychological support is more important.”

Name and some details have been changed for safety and to protect confidentiality.

Photo credit: Dreamstime

Story credit: IRCT member CVT Jordan

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Overview of our work

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IRCT’s work is financed by several donors. While the need for torture rehabilitation and health services, training and advocacy is growing, resources are becoming increasingly scarce. This requires us to find ways to lever-age the collective strength of broader donor segments. Thus, our efforts in leveraging in-come needs resulted in a diversification of our funding in 2019. We strengthened our funding position and capacity which ensured funding to the broader rehabilitation sector.

Given this situation, it is gratifying that we se-cured a new core funding partnership with Sigrid Rausing Trust. We also saw an increase of membership contributions to our core ac-tivities. Further, we are grateful for receiving a new core grant from the Hilton Foundation. The diversification includes a new fundraising plan, a new fundraising expert and a financial sustainable business model.

The IRCT Council did a rigorous review and change of the IRCT Statues to encourage an in-troduction of membership fees. We developed a new fee structure after research into models used by similar organisations. Seeing how this model not only fosters solidarity in membership organisations, it inspired us to include this in our funding strategy - to leverage and diversify our funding streams. We look forward to collaborat-ing with our members through this structure. Their ownership in the IRCT movement will be amplified through their financial contributions.

In 2019, we advocated with the EU to have re-habilitation services in its global anti-torture finding as a specific activity. In addition, an initiative was started together with the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) to increase the funding for rehabilitation distributed through the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFVT).

Fundraising statement

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Increased engagement with, and between members

We contribute with a wealth of knowledge in the anti-torture sector. With 158 members across 75 countries we have a powerful voice and a useful vantage point. Being diverse in our members we offer the anti-torture move-ment a unique expertise and peer-to-peer po-

tential. We want to increase this potential and expertise by scaling, connecting, and amplify-ing the invaluable knowledge our members. 2019 was the year where we did exactly this.

We analysed patterns of engagement, exam-ined historical successes, challenges and we

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strategized. Based on this research, we de-veloped a 6-month plan for engaging mem-bers in the IRCT movement. This short-term engagement plan will ultimately inform a long-term approach for engagement in 2020 and onward. The engagement plan provides a clear structure for membership roles and responsibilities. The IRCT 2018-2021 Strategy plays a significant part of the plan, encourag-ing members to relate to the strategy in their work (such as the UN SDG’s). To promote the new strategy, IRCT has entered a partnership with DanChurchAid, a Danish organisation, to offer our members a platform for learn-ing about the new strategy. The interactive learning site is called “Fabo.org” and is an op-portunity for skills acquisition and increased interaction with IRCT members. To amplify the rights of torture survivors and to increase peer-to-peer exchange we have entered into this partnership with DanChurchAid to devel-op an online platform for our members. The platform encourages knowledge sharing and dissemination of lessons and tools from the centres but also fosters interactive learning. Most importantly for us, the platform will provide the IRCT secretariat a collaborative space to bond the IRCT membership and to receive news from centers, alerts from the field, and stories from torture survivors. We have already seen great enthusiasm in the membership to utilise the learning platform and we look forward to many discussions, webinars and engagement in 2020.

As a global membership organization with members representing all regions of the world, we have increased all communica-tion channels in 2019, hereunder our social media platforms and website performance. Communications is imperative for us to reach torture survivors and to not only listen, but to communicate their stories and to learn from their caregivers.

The governing body of IRCT has reviewed and updated the membership criteria. The criteria

now include revised accountability guidelines and mechanisms to address non-compliance.

The engagement plan included a mapping of competencies and competencies available out-side of the membership. This, for example, in-cludes partnerships with other organisations and research institutions. Online connectivity naturally plays a big part of our movement and thus in the engagement plan, so we have en-hanced the IRCT’s membership IT platform. The new IT platform caters for the members needs and provides an easy and accessible overview of data coming from our members.

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Plans for the Scientific Symposium were well underway in 2019. With a Scientific Committee of 12 members and a cooperation agreement with our centre in GCRT Georgia and Illa Uni-versity in Tbilisi, we had already established the theme for the Symposium: “Overcoming the Extreme Life After Torture”. Proposals for workshops, speakers and calls on member centres to contribute with voluntary funds to finance logistical costs have been established. Expressions of interest from six people were recorded for the establishment of an Organ-izing Committee. A fundraising mission to Georgia was conducted in October 2019 with 20 fundraising meetings at international or-ganisations, embassies and we were invited to submit four applications.

The symposium has been postponed to the fall 2021 due to the pandemic COVID-19. The Gen-eral Assembly will be held virtually as planned in October 2020.

The flyer for the 2020 Symposium which was Postponed to Sept. 2021 due to COVID19.

Scientific Symposium 2020

"The scientific symposium provides a unique opportunity for our movement to come together and showcase the fascinating work individual centers are doing, share latest

research and clinical innovations, discuss the best practices and challenges of the collective. Teaming up with Ilia State University for the symposium is an important step for mainstreaming the work of anti-torture movement in the academic field.

We very much hope to have the opportunity to host the symposium in 2021."

– Lela Tsiskarishvili, The Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims

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In 2019, we completed all elements of the projectisation of our strategy and the accom-panying internal monitoring and evaluation system. This has generated useful learn-ing, which reflects in our projects and pro-grammes. To further enhance our capacity to deliver impact with limited resources, we have continued the process of engaging members as project implementers and owners. This increases efficiency and effectiveness in our work to influence UN and EU policy setting and human rights monitoring processes such as the UPR, UNCAT State reviews and EU Hu-

man Rights Dialogues. It has resulted in suc-cessful use of peer-to-peer methodologies in projects and enhanced member ownership of the planning and implementation of the IRCT General Assembly in October 2020 and the Scientific Symposium, which will take place in 2021. To anchor all these initiatives and en-sure effective documentation and reporting of impact in our enhanced implementation structure, the IRCT established the position of and recruited an M&E and Communications focal point who started the post in Septem-ber 2019.

Documenting Our Impact

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The IRCT currently tracks how many survivors of torture are supported by our members to help them achieve better quality of life. In 2019, our membership made a positive impact in the lives of more than 57.071 torture sur-vivors. In measuring impact on social change, we currently use a system based on output and outcome indicators on human rights and democracy issues.

Looking forward

The next step in our impact measurement is composed of two components that are cur-rently in development. In order to provide detailed health data on our impact on quality of life, the IRCT membership is in the process of adopting a definition of quality of life that captures the needs of torture survivors and is globally applicable and measurable. This

process, which is composed of both techni-cal and political consultations, is expected to be finalised at the IRCT General Assembly in October 2020. Once adopted, it will enable all members to document and share more de-tailed information about their positive impact on torture survivors’ lives globally and connect this to the SDGs. In relation to our impact on social change, we are developing methods for monitoring, documenting, and learning from the wider and more long-term impact of, for example, our advocacy efforts and cases. The preliminary methods and approaches have been developed in 2019 and are now being tested on elements of the IRCT’s advocacy pro-gramme. Next steps will be informed by learn-ing from this experience.

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Our advocacy programme made a significant impact on the prevention of torture, access to justice and reparations for survivors. Globally, we secured higher standards on documenta-tion, investigation and prosecution of torture cases, and torture survivors’ rights during transitional justice processes. We have sur-passed all targets in our Advocacy Programme in 2019. As a result, we can improve documen-tation, monitoring and prevention of torture in detention. Perpetrators will face prosecution and sanction and survivors’ needs. This will be fundamental to the reparation programmes in transitional justice processes.

At national level, we intervened in cases and policy dialogues in more than 20 countries in 2019. With partners such as Human Rights Watch, Redress and Reprieve, we raised public and political attention to torture cases in Bah-rain, Brazil, India and Nepal. In Palestine, we used data documenting torture committed by the Palestinian Authority to start a dialogue with them. This resulted in the submission of its first status report to the UN Committee against Torture. The review of Palestine, set to take place in 2020, is seen by our local mem-ber as a key step towards addressing and pre-venting torture by the Palestinian Authority.

We have made significant contributions to recommendations in four States through the UPR and UNCAT. Our advocacy relies on the contextual local knowledge and advocacy pri-

orities of our members. This collaboration is therefore key when we advocate and influ-ence State reviews by the UNCAT and UPR. The impact we showcase steams from the knowledge of our members. This, combined with our institutional support and our exten-sive network with UN decision makers, have secured fundamental State change in 2019. Our members in Bolivia, Chile, Kenya, Mexico, Turkey, and South Africa were all successful in addressing their recommendations through advocating with the UPR and UNCAR in 2019. Their policy issues included key torture pre-vention measures, investigation, documenta-tion and prosecution of torture crimes and im-provements to  reparations programmes for historical abuses and  the establishment of state sponsored rehabilitation services. Sever-al countries have already taken specific action to execute the recommendations promoted by us. We can see our biggest impact was in Mexico, where our recommendations on spe-cific improvements to the state rehabilitation programme have been  included in the new national anti-torture action plan. Our Mexi-can member is in advanced dialogue with the State rehabilitation programme (Comisión Ejecutiva de Atención a Víctimas) on technical assistance and capacity building to implement the CAT recommendations.  Our member re-ports that the recommendation from CAT was essential in convincing the new Mexican gov-ernment to act on this issue. 

Advocating: rights and justice for torture survivors

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We continue to break the deafening silence on torture and push for more dedicated national anti-torture action by engaging with the Uni-versal Periodic Review (UIPR) and UNCAT. By advocating for the rights of torture survivors by ensuring that States take the correct meas-ure, we provide a voice for the thousands of survivors worldwide. In 2019, we supported our members in four countries to secure rec-ommendations on their priority areas—signif-icantly strengthening their national advocacy. In two countries, State agencies have already made promising implementation commit-ments. We further developed the monitoring of the longer-term global impact of our advo-cacy work. This shows how UNCAT is applying a unique IRCT policy position on the protection of torture survivors in asylum proceedings in its decisions on individual complaints. The first reparations for torture awarded by the ECOWAS Court of Justice on the basis of IRCT evidence is provided to the survivors by the Gambian Government; and the Government of Mexico has responded to several years of IRCT advocacy by starting to implement our suggested improvements to its national re-habilitation programme for torture survivors. While comprehensive monitoring of the glob-

We supported or intervened in policy dialogues in more

than 20 countries Fighting for anti-torture legislation in Palestine

Over the past two years,  TRC  Palestine  has consistently been advocating and pro-viding technical support to the govern-ment to ensure to engagement with the UN-CAT. For Palestinian anti-torture NGOs, the effective participation of the State in inter-national human rights mechanisms is no trivial matter;  it has practical  effects on their daily work.    For example,  Palestine still has no specific anti-torture legislation that defines and criminalises torture while providing redress for its victims.  Further-more, despite concerted efforts from civil society organisations, the government has consistently delayed its plans to establish a National Torture Prevention Mechanism.  

Data collected by TRC  shows that  their clients face a wide range of physical and psychological problems  as a consequence of  their trauma.  Many clients struggle to find work, to socialise or even to carry out basic day-to-day functions.

”The submission of the State report to the UN-CAT review  was a major  milestone,” said Dr Khader Rasras, Executive Director of IRCT member TRC. “It is the first time ever that the State can  enter  into a dialogue with interna-tional experts and local partners to find the best way to eradicate torture in our society.”  

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al long-term impact of IRCT work comes with significant challenges, we continue to work on expanding this aspect our advocacy in the coming years. We are also working to improve the ability to direct more human and financial resources to long-term engagement in individ-ual countries.

Torture in Rio, Brazil

In 2019, Human Rights Watch asked us to review forensic evidence in cases of killings and torture by the police in the favellas in Rio, Brazil. Based on IRCT evi-dence indicating that the police had tam-pered with the crime scenes, the public prosecutor is now  examining the pos-sibility to prosecute the police officers involved. Through the work of Human Rights Watch, our evidence received ex-tensive press coverage in Brazil.

"These recommendations are essential in holding the

Government accountable for its obligations to torture victims. We will work with

our civil society partners to push the state to take action. We believe that a good start

would be for the State to make a public declaration from the

highest office that torture will not be accepted that and

all victims should never be treated as criminals but as

citizens with rights."

– Mr. Cristian Urbalejo, IRCT member in Mexico CCTI

Osvaldo was tortured to confess to a kidnapping he did not commit. With the help of our member in Mexico, CCTI, he was proven innocent and received support to rebuild his life.

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Istanbul Protocol

"Training is one aspect, but as important is the fact that we since 2017 have been working systematically to develop and implement clear routines for our IPs, and these routines are the same in all of our centres. We have a clear format to follow, also when it comes to reporting. We have a "national IP group" following up routines, quality control etc. We have implemented routines for peer review and easier (safe!) digital systems for peer review. All this combined ensures higher quality of our IP and I really feel we are moving in

the right direction.

– Sara Fridlund, Red Cross Sweden

Scope of Istanbul Protocol country-specific activities in 2019

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We made noteworthy and verifiable con-tributions to global standard setting docu-ments in relation to investigation and doc-

umentation of torture and rehabilitation for torture survivors in transitional justice pro-cesses.

Survivor story from TPO in Cambodia

“In 1976, I was arrested and heavily tortured at Kdaing Nhgear Pagoda. I was chained by the legs and tied up to a tree by the hands, exposed to the sun, rain and wind for many days. It was utterly inhumane. They accused me of being a CIA spy and subjected me to intense torture and interro-gations. When they did not get the answers they wanted, they covered my face with plastic until I became unconscious, and then threw water on my face until I regained consciousness. Then they interrogated me again. They interrogated me like that three times per day for seven days.

After I had been imprisoned at the pagoda, I was transferred to another place, Kach Roteh, where I was imprisoned for three months. There I suf-fered even more.

It was worse than being dead. The living con-ditions in that prison were worse than for an-imals. I was chained by the hands and legs to other prisoners, so we could not get up, sit or walk, and we had to lie down in the mud. During the three months I was imprisoned there, I was interrogated, treated inhumanely and tortured every single day. On top of experiencing physi-cal pains, we also suffered psychologically. We lived in fear and panic because every night peo-ple were taken to be tortured and killed […]. In the end there were only two people left whose names were the same, me and another Soeurn. We were the only ones who survived. The rest of the 46 prisoners were executed […].

Everything that happened to me during my imprisonment under that regime that lasted 3 years, 8 months and 20 days was unjust and inhumane to me, my family and my relatives,

but also to other victims and the Cambodian people […].

I kept this story hidden until recently because I thought that it would bring me even more suf-fering and shorten my life. But the opposite is true—when I disclosed my story with the support from TPO, I felt relieved. So, I strongly support the disclosure of stories about human rights vio-lations during Khmer Rouge times and urge oth-ers to tell their stories. I hope that other victims also get the opportunity to disclose their story.”

Torture survivor rehabilitated at IRCT mem-ber TPO in Cambodia

Story credit: TPO CambodiaPhoto credit: TPO Cambodia

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In 2019 we completed 6 forensic evaluations, 11 trainings/workshops, 20 cases supported or intervened, 2 documentation tools

The case of Jagtar Singh Johal

Jagtar Singh Johal is a British citizen who was arrested in India and tortured to confess. In 2019 in collaboration with REDRESS, we conducted an expert re-view of Jagtar Singh Johal’s allegations as well as the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) consular reports on visits to Jagtar in detention. We issued public and confidential letters to the FCO and other stakeholders on Jagtar’s allegations, ad-vocating for his access to medical. Per-suaded by our letters, the FCO has begun to actively advocate to the Government of India for Jagtar to receive access to independent medical evaluation and for his allegations to be investigated; and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and three other Special Procedures also have raised concerns in Jagtar’s case to the Indian government, publicly releas-ing a communications statement.

The IRCT concluded the global 3-year initiative to update the United Nations Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture - Istanbul Protocol (IP). We led this ini-tiative in partnership with Human Rights Foun-dation of Turkey, Physicians for Human Rights, REDRESS and the four UN anti-torture bodies (UN Committee Against Torture, Special Rap-porteur on Torture, UN Voluntary Fund for Vic-tims of Torture, and the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture). It also involved more than 180 experts from 51 countries. This in-cludes 47 experts from 32 of our member cen-tres who participated in the process with their expertise and valuable local perspective. The IP (2020) incorporates updates and clarifica-tions based on advancements in law, medicine and psychology over the last 20 years and rep-resents two decades of lessons learned and best practices from IP implementation. The IP (2020) also has two new chapters: one pro-vides documentation standards for general health professionals working in different set-tings; the second provides guidance on how to implement the IP. The IP (2020) provides significantly improved global standard setting in the field which will underpin and enhance national implementation efforts.

In July 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence issued his annual report to the Human Rights Council focusing on providing global policy guidance on domestic reparation programmes. Based on our input, the report includes a call for urgent action to provide re-habilitation to survivors of torture; improved processes to recognize survivor’s status’; and improved involvement and consultation of survivors from development to implementa-tion and to the evaluation of reparations pro-grammes. This creates an important platform

for our members working in transitional justice to advocate for reform of the national repara-tions’ programmes. Furthermore, it will provide guidance for the development of future repara-tions programmes in the many countries that are currently undergoing political transition.

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We concluded the second phase of the GATE project in October 2019. The project was evaluated by the external consultant firm HN Consultants and exceeded all objectives with flying colors. The ATD has successfully pro-vided our members with a reliable platform to capture, store, analyse and use data on torture survivors to not only use for rehabili-tation services and therapy, but for evidence. With disaggregated data on for example, age and gender, our members can use the in-formation to in State recommendation and pressure deciding authorities.

The ATD has been and continues to be, an important tool for us and our members to access clinical data on torture survivors. Dur-ing 2017-2019, data from 4502 survivors was stored in and used through the ATD. We pro-duced five reports on patterns of torture in

Palestine, Uganda, Turkey, Nepal, and Boliv-ia with data from the ATD. The results have shown that out of 1211 torture survivors, 88% showed improvement in wellbeing after receiving rehabilitation services through our member centres. Out of the 3742 survivors provided with rehabilitation there is a signifi-cant amount of male torture survivors. Exam-ples of patterns of torture revealed through the ATD includes the insights that 87% of sur-vivors in Uganda are unemployed and over 50% were tortured by police. In Palestine, 95% of survivors are under 35 years old and over 70% suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This data is an invaluable insight for us to understand the contextual patterns of the usage of torture in the respective coun-tries, but it has also fostered peer-to-peer knowledge exchange between our centres on their data and learnings.

IRCT celebrates the end of the second phase of the Global Anti-Torture Evidence (GATE) Project

"The ATD has helped our member in Kosovo (KRCT) to safely and securely document the testimonies of the survivors of sexual

violence to facilitate their applications for wartime pensions. The data we collect is not only very powerful as evidence, but it also

instils confidence in the survivor whilst minimising the number of times they have to recount their stories."

– Mimoza Salihu of KRCT

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Sexual violence in Kosovo

The ATD has helped our member in Koso-vo, KRCT, safely and securely document the testimonies of the survivors of sexual vio-lence to facilitate their applications for war-time pensions. Mimoza Salihu noted, “the data we collect is not only very powerful as evidence, but it also instils confidence in the survivor whilst minimising the number of times they have to recount their stories.”

Receiving the pension has been very pos-itive for survivors as it can provide them with some material relief for their immedi-ate problems. But for many, the recognition of the harm suffered and being offered a space to speak about the pain has also had a transformative impact.

Ceramic workshop for torture survivors by KRCT. Photo credit: KRCT

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All IRCT member centres should have equal capacity and opportunity to capture, store and analyse their client data. Not only does this ease their work eliminating lengthy pro-cedures in paper filing, it welcomes an easi-er method for analysing client data. Member centres that are already working with the An-ti-Torture Database (ATD) can now use an ATD mobile application, which we finalized in 2019. The ATD Mobile App is a mobile application that allows IRCT centres to collect client infor-mation while out in the field. Like the Anti-Tor-ture Database, the ATD Mobile App is a stand-ardized record-keeping system that facilitates the collection of client information at all stag-es of the rehabilitation process. However, in the case of the ATD Mobile App, the capturing and storing of this highly sensitive information can be done out of the office and in remote locations in an ethical, safe, and secure man-ner. The mobile application is not only warm-ly welcomed by centres for its usability, it is also an invaluable opportunity to improve our understanding of torture survivors and their needs. Just like the ATD, the mobile applica-tion gives centres evidence collected to pres-ent at national level authorities to pressure for change in legislation. We are thrilled that the anti-torture mobile app that can run on iOS and Android and is built as an offline app that goes hand-in-hand with the Anti-Torture Data-base. The user can use the app to enter client data in the field safely and without the need

for internet access. The data is stored local-ly, is encrypted and also password protected. Once the user returns to their centre, the data can be uploaded directly onto the Anti-Torture Database. This is exciting news as it will greatly help all those centres who do a lot of outreach work in remote locations.

New mobile app for tracking and storing client data

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In 2019, we published three issues of the tor-ture journal to address research and knowl-edge gaps on applied, theoretical and themat-ic aspects of torture rehabilitation. The issues explored, amongst others, documentation of torture in children and young adults, sleep deprivation and clinical indicators. We con-ducted a mini review of the torture journal in 2019 with an impact assessment and valuable feedback from torture journal subscribers on how they use the journal but also so we can understand our reader’s backgrounds. The feedback was very positive with many of our readers actively using the research in their dai-ly work with rehabilitation of torture survivors.

The  plan for 2020 includes greater dissemi-nation of previous issues, a focus on journal promotion and increasing the number of sub-scribers. The IRCT as publisher is partnering with Learning Lab to develop an e-learning platform. Through this we will be able to hold webinars with IRCT members dedicated to the Torture Journal. This should increase dissemi-nation and reach to potential authors.

Torture Journal

12,133 downloads and 13,213 abstract

views in 2019

Why do we do this?

We want to make sure that all rehabilitation practitioners in the world have access to sci-entifically driven knowledge to better improve the delivery of the right to rehabilitation.

How do we do this?

We publish scientific knowledge on inter-disciplinary approaches to rehabilitation through a peer-reviewed journal.

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2019 Financial Overview

Income 1 January - 31 December 2019

2019 Euro 2018 Euro

Income

Unrestricted grants

National governments

Denmark: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1.205.796 1.510.613

Denmark: SKAT VAT reimbursement 0 537

Other (Organisations and Individuals)

Sigrid Rausing Trust 105.260 0

Danish Trusts and Foundations 13.412 53.696

Membership: Voluntary support 20.090 48.993

Legacies: Denmark & EU 3.165 0

Individuals: Residents Denmark 5.705 4.926

Individuals: Residents elsewhere 793 5.614

1.354.221 1.624.379

Restricted grants

National governments

The Netherlands: Ministry of Foreign Affairs “GATE” 469.790 485.811

Swiss: Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Global Indicator” 49.527 40.473

Denmark: Ministry of Science 5.324 35.596

Denmark: Ministry of Culture 0 4.130

“Multilateral institutions: European Commission”

CBSS: “Country Based Support Scheme” 27.204 0

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Other (Organisations and Individuals)

Hilton Prize Coalition 9.048 21.734

Trusts and Foundations 26.805 795

ICHHR: Contribution 26.250 0

613.948 588.539

Other

Consultancies income 30.925 18.292

Other income 76 570

Total Income 1.999.170 2.231.780

Expenses

Global Standards -190.116 -124.770

Global Monitoring & Evaluation -631.428 -527.705

Global Knowledge -227.605 -159.096

Global Finance -68.014 -150.063

Well-run Organisation -366.132 -354.520

Common Costs -542.090 -844.045

Total Expenses -2.025.385 -2.160.198

Profit/loss for the year -26.215 71.581

Proposed distribution of profit/loss

Restricted reserves 0 0

Retained earnings -26.215 71.581

Total -26.215 71.581

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Balance 31 December 2019

2019 Euro 2018 Euro

Assets

Donor grants (receivables) 90.530 0

Centre receivables 4.327 77.993

Other receivables 11.391 576

Prepayments 27.688 27.487

Receivables 133.936 106.056

Cash and cash equivalents 367.426 998.641

Total assets 501.362 1.102.572

Equity

Restricted reserves 300.000 300.000

Retained earnings -52.866 -26.651

Total equity 247.134 273.349

Holiday pay reserves 22.478 0

Total non-current liabilities 22.478 0

Current liabilities

Donor grants (deferred income) 99.375 587.302

Centre payables 1.760 1.760

Project payables 13.275 46.942

Trade payables 39.452 54.268

Other payables 77.888 138.951

Total current liabilities 231.750 829.223

Total liabilities 254.228 1.102.572

Total equity and liabilities 501.362 1.102.572

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Expenses 2018 -2.025.385 €

Common Costs -542.090 €

Global Monitoring & Evaluation -631.428 €

Global Finance -68.014 €

Global Knowledge -227.605 €

Global Standards -190.116 €

Well-run Organisation -366.132 €

Income 2018 1.999.170 €

Restricted grants 613.948 €

Consultancies income 31.001 €

Other income 76 €

Unrestricted grants 1.354.221 €

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Our Donors

Thank you to IRCT Members

Thank you for your support and generosity

Thank you to all that individually supported us and to all that have contributed with pro-bono hours—this is an essential part of our movement.

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How the IRCT Is Governed

The IRCT democratic structure, with four distinct tiers, manages to be diverse yet cohesive, appreciating and representing the diversity of the movement. 

A four-tiered governance structure

GENERAL ASSEMBLY: The democratic base of the IRCT is the General Assembly, which comprises a representative for each member across the globe. Through the General Assem-bly, members elect regional representatives and independent experts to participate on the Council and provide input into the policies and strategies of the IRCT in order to advance the global mission of the organisation. The Gener-al Assembly meets every three years. 

COUNCIL: The Council is the main policy-mak-ing body of the IRCT. It comprises 26 mem-bers representing the entire membership and includes three independent experts who provide an external perspective (29 people sit on the Council in total). The Council holds an-nual meetings in order to discuss and decide policies and key organisational issues, and to monitor the progress of IRCT’s work at the global level and in the regions. The next Coun-cil meeting will be held in October 2020 when the streamlined structure (19 Council mem-bers) will be in place. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Executive Com-mittee (ExCom) is a deliberative body made up of eight members: one from each of the regions plus one independent expert, includ-ing the President and Vice President. The Ex-ecutive Committee decides the means and measures necessary to adopt and implement the decisions of the Council and its purpose is to ensure the overall direction, supervision and accountability of the IRCT between Coun-cil meetings. It is elected by and is accountable to the Council. The Executive Committee ap-points the Secretary-General of the IRCT. 

SECRETARIAT: Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a liaison office in Brussels, Belgium, the Secretariat is well placed to guide, advise and implement the work shaped and determined by the membership of the IRCT, the Council, and the ExCom.

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The Democratic Structure

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr Jorge Aroche IRCT President, Chief Executive Officer, STARTTS, Australia, Elected Council Member representing the Pacific Region 

Ms Sana Hamzeh IRCT Vice-President, Psychologist and Head of the Rehabilitation Department, Restart Centre, Lebanon; Elected Council Member representing the MENA region 

Mr Pradeep Agrawal MD Consultant, Psychiatrist; President and Director, SOSRAC, India; Elected Council Member representing the Asia Region 

Ms Kathi Anderson Executive Director, Survivors Of Torture, International, United States; Elected Council Member representing the North America region 

Ms Mariana Lagos Project Coordinator, EATIP, Argentina; Elected Council Member representing the Latin American Region 

Mr Samuel Herbert Nsubuga Chief Executive Officer, ACTV, Uganda; Elected Council Member

representing the Sub-Saharan Africa region 

Ms Lela Tsiskarishvili Executive Director, GCRT, Georgia; Elected Council Member representing the European Region 

Independent Expert:

Mr Michael Brune Haveno – Psychotherapie Und Interkulturelle Kommunikation – Germany 

The following Council Members were elected in 2016 for the period from 2016-2019. 

COUNCIL

Elected by the Asia Region:

Mr Pradeep Agrawal (See Executive Committee) 

Mr Shailendra Guragain President, Centre For Victims Of Torture, Nepal 

Ms Edeliza Hernandez RN; Executive Director, Medical Action Group, Philippines 

Mr Debabrata Roy Laifungbam President, CORE, India 

Elected by the Europe Region:

Ms Aida Alayarian 

Clinical Director/Chief Executive, Refugee Therapy Centre, United Kingdom 

Mr Metin Bakkalci Secretary-General, TIHV/HRFT, Turkey 

Ms Sara Fridlund Senior Advisor, Swedish Red Cross, Sweden 

Ms Kristina Gevorkyan Administrative Director, FAVL, Armenia 

Ms Lilla Hárdi Medical Director, Cordelia, Hungary 

Ms Bianca Schmolze Human Rights Expert, Medical Care Service For Refugees Bochum, Germany 

Ms Lela Tsiskarishvili (See Executive Committee) 

Elected by the Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Mr Andrés Gautier Social Therapy Director, ITEI, Bolivia 

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Ms Mariana Lagos (See Executive Committee) 

Ms Juana Lloret Psychologist Therapist, CAPS, Peru

Elected by the Middle East and North Africa Region:

Ms Sana Hamzeh (see Executive Committee) 

Khader Rasras Executive Director, TRC, Occupied Palestinian Territory 

Mr Mohamad Safa Secretary-General, Khiam Centre, Lebanon 

Elected by the North America Region:

Mulugeta Abai Executive Director, CCVT, Canada 

Ms Kathi Anderson (see Executive Committee) 

Elected by the Pacific Region

Mr Jorge Aroche (See Executive Committee) 

Ms Bernadette McGrath (CEO, OSSTT, Australia 

Elected by the Sub Saharan Africa Region:

Mr Jarwlee Tweh Geegbe Executive Director, RAL, Liberia 

Mr Peter Kum Che Mebeng Executive Director,TCC, Cameroon 

Mr Charbonnel Nodjigoto National President, AJPNV, Chad 

Mr Samuel Nsubuga (See Executive Committee) 

Representatives in their Capacity of Independent Experts 

Mr Michael Brune (see Executive Committee) 

Mr Peter Edigbo University Of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Nigeria 

Ms Mihiri Ferdinando The Asia Foundation, Sri Lanka

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Our members158 Members In 75 Countries

Centre for Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors, Bangladesh

Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation, Cambodia

Justice Centre Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Centre for Organisation Research & Education, India

Jan Mitra Nyas/Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights, India

Shubhodaya Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and Violence, India

Tibetan Torture Survivors Program, India

Vasavya Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims, India

Alliance of Democracy for Papua, Indonesia

Rehabilitation Action for Torture Victims in Aceh, Indonesia

Centre for Victims of Torture, Nepal

Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation Nepal, Nepal

Human Development Organisation, Pakistan

Struggle for Change, Pakistan

Balay Rehabilitation Centre, Philippines

Medical Action Group, Philippines

Gwangju Trauma Center, Republic of Korea

Kim Keun-Tae Memorial Healing Center, Republic of Korea

Family Rehabilitation Centre, Sri Lanka

Albanian Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma and Torture Victims, Albania

Foundation Against the Violation of Law, Armenia

Hemayat - Support Centre for Survivors of Torture and War, Austria

Intercultural Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Austria

Transcultural Centre for Mental and Physical Health and Integration, Austria

The Association of Concentration Camp Detainees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vive Zene Centre for Therapy and Rehabilitation, Bosnia and Herzegovina

RCT Zagreb, Croatia

Cyprus Refugee Council, Cyprus

Dignity - The Danish Institute Against Torture, Denmark

Oasis - Treatment and Counselling for Refugees, Denmark

Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims – Jutland, Denmark

Centre for Psycho Traumatology, Finland

Parcours d’Exil - Medical and Psychological Rehabilitation for Torture Victims, France

Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Georgia

Medical Service for Refugees Bochum, Germany

PSZ Düsseldorf, Germany

Zentrum Überleben, Germany

Cordelia Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Hungary

Spirasi The Centre for the Care of Survivors of Torture, Ireland

Aid Organisation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel, Israel

Doctors Against Torture Humanitarian Organisation, Italy

NAGA-HAR Centre for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Torture Victims, Italy

VI-TO Hospitality and Care for Victims of Torture, Italian Council for Refugees, Italy

The Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims, Kosovo

Golos Svobody Public Founcation, Kyrgystan

Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims “Memoria”, Moldova

Centrum 45, Netherlands

De Evenaar, Centrum voor Transculturele Psychiatrie Noord Nederland, Netherlands

Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland, Netherlands

The Centre for Victims of Political Persecution, Poland

ICAR Foundation - Medical Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims Bucharest, Romania

Medical Rehabilitation Center Craiova Foundation, Romania

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Committee Against Torture, Russia

International Aid Network, IAN, Center for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Serbia

Comisión Espanola de Ayuda al Refugioado, Spain

SiRa, Spain

RKC Göteborg, Sweden

RKC Malmø, Sweden

RKC Skellefteå, Sweden

RKC Skövde, Sweden

RKC Stockholm, Sweden

RKC Uppsala, Sweden

Consultation for Victims of Torture and War, Switzerland

SRC Centre for Migration and Health/Out-patient Clinic for Victims of Torture and War, Switzerland

Outpatient Clinic for the Victims of Torture and War Zürich, Switzerland

Public Foundation “Legal Initiative”, Tajikistan

Foundation for Social and Legal Studies, Turkey

HRFT Ankara, Turkey

HRFT Diyarbakir, Turkey

HRFT Istanbul, Turkey

HRFT Izmir, Turkey

Sohram-Casra Centre of Social Action Rehabilitation and Readjustment, Turkey

International Medical Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of Wars and Totalitarian Regimes, Ukraine

Freedom from Torture, United Kingdom

Refugee Therapy Centre, United Kingdom

Room to Heal, United Kingdom

Argentine Team of Psychosocial Work and Research, Argentina

Institute of Therapy and Research about Sequelae of Torture and State Violence, Bolivia

Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights, Chile

Centre of Psychological Assistance Corporation, Colombia

Foundation for Integral Rehabilitation of Violence, Ecuador

Associacion Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Accion Psycosocial – ECAP, Guatemala

Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala, Guatemala

Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Survivors of Torture and Relatives, Honduras

Collective Against Torture and Impunity, Mexico

Centro de Atencion Psycosocial, Peru

El Nadim Center for Psychological Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, Egypt

Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence, Iran

Bahjat Al-Fuad Rehabilitation of Medical and Psychological Centre for Torture Victims, Iraq

Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights, Iraq

Wchan Organisation for Victims of Human Rights Violations – Trauma Rehabilitation and Training Center, Iraq

Institute for Family Health - Noor Al Hussein Foundation, Jordan

Association Justice and Mercy, Lebanon

Centre Nassim for the Rehabilitation of the Victims of Torture, Lebanon

Khiam Rehabilitation Centre of the Victims of Torture, Lebanon

Restart Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture, Lebanon

Medical Association of Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, Morocco

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Palestine

Jesoor - Transcultural Right to Health, Palestine

Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture, Palestine, Sudan

Amel Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture,

The Tunisian Rehabilitation Institute for Survivors of Torture Nebras, Tunisia

Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Canada

Intervention Network for Persons Having Been Subjected to Organised Violence, Canada

Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture, Canada

Access - Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture

Bellevue - NYU Programme for Survivors of Torture, United States of America

Bilingual International Assistant Services, United States of America

Boston Centre for Refugee Health and Human Rights, United States of America

Center for Survivors of Torture, Dallas, United States of America

Center for Survivors of Torture, San José, United States of America

De Novo Center for Justice and Healing (formerly CLSACC), United States of America

Florida Center for Survivors of Torture, United States of America

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Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center, United States of America

Libertas Center for Human Rights, United States of America

Mount Sinai Human Rights Programme, United States of America

Program for Survivors of Torture and Severe Trauma at the Multicultural Center of Northern Virginia Family Service, United States of America

Program for Torture Victims of Los Angeles, United States of America

Survivors of Torture International, United States of America

The Centre for Victims of Torture, United States of America

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International, United States of America

Torture Treatment Centre of Oregon, United States of America

University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Trauma Recovery Center/Survivors International, United States of America

Utah Health and Human Rights, United States of America

Western New York Center for Survivors of Torture, United States of America

Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors, Australia

Companion House Assisting Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Australia

Melaleuca Refugee Centre, Torture and Trauma Survivor Service, Australia

Overseas Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Australia

Phoenix Centre - Support Service for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Australia

Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Australia

Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors, Australia

Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service, Australia

The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, Australia

Refugee Trauma Recovery, New Zealand Red Cross, New Zealand

Refugees as Survivors New Zealand

Solidarité d’Action pour la Paix - Grand Lacs, Burundi

Trauma Centre Cameroon, Cameroon

Association Jeunesse pour la paix et la nonviolence, Chad

Amis des victims des violations des droits humains, Democratic Republic of Congo

Centre Mater Misericordiae, Democratic Republic of Congo

Fédération des Femmes pour le Développement Intégral au Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo

Regroupement des Mamans de Kamituga, Democratic Republic of Congo

Solidarité avec des Victime et pour la Paix, Democratic Republic of Congo

Centre Against Torture Kenya Foundation, Kenya

Independent Medico Legal Unit, Kenya

Mwatikho Torture Survivors Organisation, Kenya

Liberia Association of Psychosocial Services, Liberia

Rescue Alternative Liberia, Liberia

Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, Nigeria

Uyisenga Ni Imanzi, Rwanda

Centre Africain pour la Prévention et la Résolution des Conflits, Senegal

Community Association for Psychosocial Services, Sierra Leone

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa

The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture, South Africa

African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Uganda

Counselling Services Unit, Zimbabwe

Tree of Life Trust, Zimbabwe

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We need your support to fight torture and to help torture survivors rebuild their lives. By donating, even a small sum, you can assist us to put an end to torture and to ensure that torture survivors and their families receive much-needed treatment and other services.

By credit card

Please visit www.irct.org to make a donation using a credit card. All transactions are guaranteed safe and secure using the latest encryption to protect your personal information.

By Mobile Pay (for Danish residents)

By cheque

Cheques made payable to the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) should be sent to: International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims Vesterbrogade 149, building 4, 3rd floor 1620 Copenhagen V, Denmark.

By bank transfer

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Danish Kroner (DKK) AccountRegistration No. 4183 Account No. 4310-821152 IBAN DK90 3000 4310 8211 52

Euro (EUR) AccountRegistration No. 4183 Account No. 3001-957171 IBAN DK69 3000 3001 9571 71

U.S. Dollars (USD) AccountRegistration No. 4183 Account No. 4310-005029 IBAN DK18 3000 4310 0050 29

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